A

AB: Assembly Bill
ACS: American Community Survey
ACSW: Associate Clinical Social Worker
ACT: Assertive Community Treatment
AMFT: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
ANSA: Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment
AOD: Alcohol and Other Drugs
APCC: Associate Professional Clinical Counselor
AQFS: Aggregated Quality Factor Score
ARF: Adult Residential Facility
ASAM: American Society of Addiction Medicine

B

BH: Behavioral Health
BHAS: Behavioral Health Accountability Set
BHBH: Behavioral Health Bridge Housing
BHCIP: Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (also referred to as Bond BHCIP)
BH-CONNECT: Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment
BHDP: Behavioral Health Data Project
BHIBA: Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act
BHIN: Behavioral Health Information Notice
BHOATR: County Behavioral Health Outcomes, Accountability, and Transparency Report
BHP: Behavioral Health Plan/Program
BHQIP: Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Program
BHSA: Behavioral Health Services Act (formerly MHSA), Proposition 1
BPRS: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

C

CAADPE: California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives
CACFS: California Alliance of Child and Family Services (often referred to as The Alliance)
CADDS: California Alcohol and Drug Data Set
CalAIM: California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal
CALBHB/C: California Association of Local Behavioral Health Boards and Commissions
CalHHS: California Health and Human Services Agency (state government)
CalMHSA: California Mental Health Services Authority
CalOMS: California Outcome Measurement System (DHCS data system)
CalWORKS: California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids
CAMFT: California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
CANS: Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (often referred to as CANS-IP, CANS 50, or California CANS)
CARE Act: Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment Act
CASRA: California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies
CBA: Cost Benefit Analysis
CBHA: California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies
CBHDA: County Behavioral Health Directors Association
CBHPC: California Behavioral Health Planning Council (state government)
CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CDC: Center for Disease Control and Prevention (federal government)
CDCR: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (state government)
CDDS: California Department of Developmental Services (state government)
CDE: California Department of Education (state government)
CDEP: Community-Defined Evidence Practice
CDPH: California Department of Public Health (state government)
CDSS: California Department of Social Services (state government)
CEA: Cost Effective Analysis
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
CHA: Community Health Assessment
CHIP: Community Health Improvement Plan
CHIS: California Health Interview Survey
CHNA: Community Health Needs Assessment
CMHACY: California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth
CMHEP: Community Mental Health Equity Project
CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (federal government)
CQS: Comprehensive Quality Strategy
CPEHN: California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
CPS: Consumer Perception Survey
CPT: Current Procedural Terminology
CQI: Continuous Quality Improvement
CRDP: California Reducing Disparities Project
CSAP: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
CSI: Client Services Information (DHCS data system)
CSS: Community Services and Supports
CUA: Cost Utility Analysis
CWS/CMS: Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CDSS data system)
CYBHI: Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative

D

DATAR: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Access Report (DHCS data system)
DBT: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
DCA: California Department of Consumer Affairs (state government)
DCR: Data Collection and Reporting (DHCS data system)
DHCS: California Department of Health Care Services (state government)
DMC: Drug Medi-Cal
DMC-ODS: Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System
DMHC: California Department of Managed Health Care (state government)
DRG: Diagnosis Related Groups
DSH: California Department of State Hospitals (state government)
DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (often referred to as DSM-IV or DSM-V)

E

EBP: Evidence-Based Practice
ECM: Enhanced Care Management
EHR: Electronic Health Record
EPSDT: Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
EQRO: External Quality Review Organization
ES: Emergency Shelter

F

FFPSA: Family First Prevention Services Act
FFT: Functional Family Therapy
FIT: Feedback Informed Treatment
FSP: Full Service Partnership
FUA: Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse or Dependence
FUM: Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Mental Illness
FY: Fiscal Year

G

GAD: General Anxiety Disorder (often referred to as GAD-7)

H

HCAI: California Department of Health Care Access and Information (state government)
HCPCS: Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
HE: Health Economics
HEDIS: Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HHS: Health and Human Services
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HMIS: Homeless Management Information System
HPSA: Health Professional Shortage Area
HQOL: Health-related Quality of Life
HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration (federal government)
HUD: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (federal government)

I

IBHS: Intensive Home-Based Services
ICC: Intensive Care Coordination
ICD: International Classification of Diseases (often referred to as ICD-9 or ICD-10)
IDU: Injecting Drug Users
IEP: Individual Education Program
IHSS: In-Home Supportive Services
ILP: Independent Living Program
IMD: Institute of Mental Disease
IN: Information Notice
IST: Incompetent to Stand Trial

L

LCSW: Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LGBTQIA2+: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and Two Spirits
LMFT: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
LOC: Level of Care
LPCC: Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
LPS: Lanterman Petris Short
LVN: Licensed Vocational Nurse

M

MCAS: Managed Care Accountability Set
MCP: Managed Care Plan
MEDS: Medi-Cal Eligibility System
MH: Mental Health
MHBG: Community Mental Health Services Block Grant
MHP: Mental Health Plan
MHSA: Mental Health Services Act (now BHSA), Proposition 63
MHSOAC: Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (state government)
MTOQ: Minimum Treatment Outcome Questions

N

NACT: Network Adequacy Certification Tool
NAMI: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NCQA: National Committee for Quality Assurance
NIMBY: Not In My Back Yard
NOMS: National Outcome Measures
NPI: National Provider Identifier
NPLH: No Place Like Home
NSP: Needs and Services Plan
NTP: Narcotic Treatment Program

P

PATH: Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness/Providing Access and Transforming Health
PCIT: Parent Child Interactive Therapy
PDSA: Plan Do Study Act
PEI: Prevention and Early Intervention
PHF: Psychiatric Health Facility
PHI: Protected Health Information
PHN: Public Health Nurse
PHQ: Patient Health Questionnaire (often referred to as PHQ-2 or PHQ-9)
PIP: Performance Improvement Project
POD: Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder
PPSDS: Primary Prevention Substance Use Disorder Data Service (DHCS data system)
PSC: Pediatric Symptom Checklist (often referred to as PSC-35)
PSH: Permanent Supportive Housing

Q

QA: Quality Assurance
QC: Quality Control
QI: Quality Improvement
QM: Quality Management
QALY: Quality Adjusted Life Year
QSR: Quality Strategy Report

R

REAL: Race, Ethnicity, and Language
REMHDCO: Racial and Ethnic Mental Health Disparities Coalition
ROI: Return on Investment
RRH: Rapid Rehousing

S

SABG: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (federal government)
SB: Senate Bill
SBIRT: Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment
SDOH: Social Determinants/Drivers of Health
SMARTIE: Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Timebound Inclusion Equity
SMCM: Strengths Model Care Management
SMHS: Specialty Mental Health Services
SMI: Serious Mental Illness
SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SNF: Skilled Nursing Facility
SOGIE: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression
SPP: Strategic Prevention Plan
SRO: Single Room Occupancy
SSDI: Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI: Social Security Income/Supplemental Security Income
STP-SNF: Special Treatment Program within Skilled Nursing Facility
STRTP: Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program
SU: Substance Use
SUD: Substance Use Disorder

T

TADT: Timely Access Data Tool
TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TAY: Transition Age Youth
TBS: Therapeutic Behavioral Services
TEDS: Treatment Episode Data Set
TFC: Therapeutic Foster Care
TF-CBT: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
TH: Transitional Housing
TPS: Treatment Perceptions Survey

U

USCDI: United States Core Data for Interoperability

W

WET: Workforce, Education and Training
WIC: Women, Infants, and Children